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@vesuvan.bsky.social
Here for cats and to stand up for democracy. F trump, elmo et al. Physician, former sysad, rural journalist, traveler, dancer. Lived all over. Mastodonian. Snark, football talk, interesting links guaranteed. Will use my real name once I feel safe here.
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@vesuvan.bsky.social
· Nov 16
Hey y'all I've done so many different things, lived in so many places, I post interesting tidbits about many topics (not just politics)
I love conversing so give me a follow, interact wi my posts. Let's have some (respectful) fun here!
Bio: M.D., former sysad, tech writer, rural newspaper editor
I love conversing so give me a follow, interact wi my posts. Let's have some (respectful) fun here!
Bio: M.D., former sysad, tech writer, rural newspaper editor
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Maybe someone could ask the president not to post the all-clear on mass shootings before the suspect is in custody.
December 14, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Maybe someone could ask the president not to post the all-clear on mass shootings before the suspect is in custody.
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We documented dozens of cases of brutality — including physical and sexual abuse from guards — that show a humanitarian disaster unfolding at the Fort Bliss military base, where ICE is operating its largest detention center.
President Trump’s mass detention expansion is inhumane and dangerous.
President Trump’s mass detention expansion is inhumane and dangerous.
Immigrants Detained at Fort Bliss in Texas Report Abuse and Inhumane Conditions
Detained people at largest immigration detention facility in the country report accounts of physical and sexual abuse.
www.aclu.org
December 13, 2025 at 5:03 PM
We documented dozens of cases of brutality — including physical and sexual abuse from guards — that show a humanitarian disaster unfolding at the Fort Bliss military base, where ICE is operating its largest detention center.
President Trump’s mass detention expansion is inhumane and dangerous.
President Trump’s mass detention expansion is inhumane and dangerous.
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DHS Secretary Kristi Noem is trying to deflect criticism of her agency to her underlings, according to a new report.
Paranoid ICE Barbie Desperately Trying to Dodge Trump's Wrath
DHS Secretary Kristi Noem is trying to deflect criticism of her agency to her underlings, according to a new report.
trib.al
December 13, 2025 at 5:30 PM
DHS Secretary Kristi Noem is trying to deflect criticism of her agency to her underlings, according to a new report.
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ICE Using Air Passenger Lists For Kidnapping
TSA is providing domestic passenger lists in real time to ICE.
They're using the names of travelers to kidnap people.
Until now, ICE has historically avoided interfering with domestic travel.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/u...
TSA is providing domestic passenger lists in real time to ICE.
They're using the names of travelers to kidnap people.
Until now, ICE has historically avoided interfering with domestic travel.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/u...
Immigration Agents Are Using Air Passenger Data for Deportation Effort
www.nytimes.com
December 12, 2025 at 11:27 PM
ICE Using Air Passenger Lists For Kidnapping
TSA is providing domestic passenger lists in real time to ICE.
They're using the names of travelers to kidnap people.
Until now, ICE has historically avoided interfering with domestic travel.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/u...
TSA is providing domestic passenger lists in real time to ICE.
They're using the names of travelers to kidnap people.
Until now, ICE has historically avoided interfering with domestic travel.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/u...
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Trump is attempting to seize three public golf courses in Washington, including one adjacent to the Mall. We simply cannot let this happen.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Trump moves on D.C. golf courses with notice that jeopardizes lease
The administration puts National Links Trust on the clock in a bid to take control of the city’s three public golf courses.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 13, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Trump is attempting to seize three public golf courses in Washington, including one adjacent to the Mall. We simply cannot let this happen.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Two days after the House of Representatives voted to restore collective bargaining rights to federal employees, Trump moves to illegally end collective bargaining for TSA workers.
Trump may be the most anti-union president in American history.
Trump may be the most anti-union president in American history.
December 13, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Two days after the House of Representatives voted to restore collective bargaining rights to federal employees, Trump moves to illegally end collective bargaining for TSA workers.
Trump may be the most anti-union president in American history.
Trump may be the most anti-union president in American history.
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Things we learn:
1. Bovino's existence is the result of chain migration, which MAGA wants to ban
2. His family arrived legally under an immigration law MAGA wants to repeal
3. His father killed a woman while driving drunk, a crime for which MAGA aims to deport immigrants
And much more. Read it.
1. Bovino's existence is the result of chain migration, which MAGA wants to ban
2. His family arrived legally under an immigration law MAGA wants to repeal
3. His father killed a woman while driving drunk, a crime for which MAGA aims to deport immigrants
And much more. Read it.
Greg Bovino’s the star of Trump’s deportation show. We trace his roots.
As a boy, the Hollywood movie “The Border" set the course for his life. He couldn’t believe the Border Patrol agents in the movie were the bad guys. Now that he’s in charge of deportation efforts caus...
chicago.suntimes.com
December 13, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Things we learn:
1. Bovino's existence is the result of chain migration, which MAGA wants to ban
2. His family arrived legally under an immigration law MAGA wants to repeal
3. His father killed a woman while driving drunk, a crime for which MAGA aims to deport immigrants
And much more. Read it.
1. Bovino's existence is the result of chain migration, which MAGA wants to ban
2. His family arrived legally under an immigration law MAGA wants to repeal
3. His father killed a woman while driving drunk, a crime for which MAGA aims to deport immigrants
And much more. Read it.
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A Border Patrol agent who allegedly threatened to shoot a bystander during an arrest in Chicago has been exposed for a history of extreme, racist and hate-filled online posts, reported The Daily Beast on Friday.
Racist rants exposed for Border Patrol agent accused of threatening to shoot bystanders
A Border Patrol agent who allegedly threatened to shoot a bystander during an arrest in Chicago has been exposed for a history of extreme, racist and hate-filled online posts, reported The Daily Beast on Friday."Timothy Donohue, 38, was a member of lead commander Gregory Bovino’s maurauding so-calle...
bit.ly
December 13, 2025 at 6:00 PM
A Border Patrol agent who allegedly threatened to shoot a bystander during an arrest in Chicago has been exposed for a history of extreme, racist and hate-filled online posts, reported The Daily Beast on Friday.
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There is no evidence they were carrying any drugs. The Coast Guard used to interdict suspected boats, inspect the cargo and men, and then, 80% of the time, release them as there was nothing there.
This is murder for sport, by the sociopaths Hegseth and Trump, with Bradley playing along.
This is murder for sport, by the sociopaths Hegseth and Trump, with Bradley playing along.
December 5, 2025 at 4:19 PM
There is no evidence they were carrying any drugs. The Coast Guard used to interdict suspected boats, inspect the cargo and men, and then, 80% of the time, release them as there was nothing there.
This is murder for sport, by the sociopaths Hegseth and Trump, with Bradley playing along.
This is murder for sport, by the sociopaths Hegseth and Trump, with Bradley playing along.
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🚨🚨🚨 I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget what the 34x convicted felon & adjudicated rapist Trump did. 🚨🚨🚨
September 15, 2025 at 2:33 AM
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1/3 🧵Kristi Noem isn’t just a Trump loyalist...she’s running DHS like a dictator’s enforcer. Ignoring court orders...deporting veterans...and bulldozing due process are exactly the kinds of violations the Constitution forbids from a federal official entrusted with public safety.
December 13, 2025 at 6:41 PM
1/3 🧵Kristi Noem isn’t just a Trump loyalist...she’s running DHS like a dictator’s enforcer. Ignoring court orders...deporting veterans...and bulldozing due process are exactly the kinds of violations the Constitution forbids from a federal official entrusted with public safety.
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Bovino, the man overseeing mass deportations, publicly declared that we must all have our papers on us, at all times, or we could be stopped, harassed, kidnapped, and detained, as they did with the man in this case, who is a US citizen.
December 13, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Bovino, the man overseeing mass deportations, publicly declared that we must all have our papers on us, at all times, or we could be stopped, harassed, kidnapped, and detained, as they did with the man in this case, who is a US citizen.
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Just found out about another way that Dump has screwed us during the holidays when I went to mail off some gifts. He’s increased shipping prices at the post office, so that it will cost more to send our holiday packages to friends and family. 🤬
abcnews.go.com/GMA/Living/u...
abcnews.go.com/GMA/Living/u...
US Postal Service temporarily increasing prices for holiday season
The U.S. Postal Service is temporarily increasing prices on “some package services for the holiday shipping season.”
abcnews.go.com
December 13, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Just found out about another way that Dump has screwed us during the holidays when I went to mail off some gifts. He’s increased shipping prices at the post office, so that it will cost more to send our holiday packages to friends and family. 🤬
abcnews.go.com/GMA/Living/u...
abcnews.go.com/GMA/Living/u...
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DOGE may technically no longer exist, but the damage it did lives on.
Exhibit A: Ogden, Utah.
Exhibit A: Ogden, Utah.
Utah loves Trump. It didn’t stop him from taking a chainsaw to one of its largest employers.
What happened when Elon & Co. started slashing?
www.motherjones.com
December 13, 2025 at 7:00 PM
DOGE may technically no longer exist, but the damage it did lives on.
Exhibit A: Ogden, Utah.
Exhibit A: Ogden, Utah.
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Oligarchy (noun):
A government of and by a few at the top, who exercise power for their own benefit. Their power and wealth increase as they make laws that favor themselves, manipulate financial markets, and create monopolies that put more wealth into their pockets.
A government of and by a few at the top, who exercise power for their own benefit. Their power and wealth increase as they make laws that favor themselves, manipulate financial markets, and create monopolies that put more wealth into their pockets.
December 13, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Oligarchy (noun):
A government of and by a few at the top, who exercise power for their own benefit. Their power and wealth increase as they make laws that favor themselves, manipulate financial markets, and create monopolies that put more wealth into their pockets.
A government of and by a few at the top, who exercise power for their own benefit. Their power and wealth increase as they make laws that favor themselves, manipulate financial markets, and create monopolies that put more wealth into their pockets.
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Just gonna keep suggesting this: We are letting bad people set our information agenda when we talk about them all the time.
December 13, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Just gonna keep suggesting this: We are letting bad people set our information agenda when we talk about them all the time.
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Every Far Side cartoon is amazing, but having a science background, this is my personal favourite
The cow slapping the man and his glasses coming off sends me every time
The cow slapping the man and his glasses coming off sends me every time
December 12, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Every Far Side cartoon is amazing, but having a science background, this is my personal favourite
The cow slapping the man and his glasses coming off sends me every time
The cow slapping the man and his glasses coming off sends me every time
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Bar exam washouts pass retroactively after Washington lowers cutoff score reut.rs/4iQPh84
Bar exam washouts pass retroactively after Washington lowers cutoff score
The Washington Supreme Court has handed down an early holiday gift to 132 aspiring attorneys who failed the bar exam over the past five years — they are now eligible to become lawyers in the state without having to retake the dreaded licensing exam.
reut.rs
December 12, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Bar exam washouts pass retroactively after Washington lowers cutoff score reut.rs/4iQPh84
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Breaking news: A Justice Department investigation into D.C. police found that Chief Pamela Smith created a “coercive culture of fear” that may have incentivized the manipulation of crime statistics, according to a draft of a report.
DOJ report on D.C. police says chief created ‘culture of fear’
The draft report says the main reason “for the misclassifications is a culture of coercive fear that emanates from Pamela A. Smith” and some of her staff.
wapo.st
December 12, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Breaking news: A Justice Department investigation into D.C. police found that Chief Pamela Smith created a “coercive culture of fear” that may have incentivized the manipulation of crime statistics, according to a draft of a report.
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US ends temporary legal status for Ethiopians reut.rs/4oWr55N
US ends temporary legal status for Ethiopians
The U.S. is ending temporary legal status for citizens of Ethiopia in the United States, according to a government notice on Friday, as the Trump administration continues its crackdown on legal and illegal immigration.
reut.rs
December 12, 2025 at 8:10 PM
US ends temporary legal status for Ethiopians reut.rs/4oWr55N
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The Trump administration is trying to shut down Judge Boasberg’s contempt of court inquiry in the original Alien Enemies Act case and end the only chance of real accountability for an executive branch that ran roughshod over the judicial branch.
Trump DOJ Desperate to Keep Its Lawyers From Testifying In Contempt Inquiry
A lot has been flying around today in some of the key...
talkingpointsmemo.com
December 12, 2025 at 8:12 PM
The Trump administration is trying to shut down Judge Boasberg’s contempt of court inquiry in the original Alien Enemies Act case and end the only chance of real accountability for an executive branch that ran roughshod over the judicial branch.
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If you've ever wondered what exactly makes a torbie, tortie, calico or tabby cat, we're here to tell you all about each coat color!
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December 12, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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Peters, the former Republican clerk of Mesa, Colorado, was found guilty last year on state charges of participating in a scheme to breach voting systems that hoped to prove Trump's false claims of mass voter fraud in 2020. https://cnn.it/48Qg2oL
December 12, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Peters, the former Republican clerk of Mesa, Colorado, was found guilty last year on state charges of participating in a scheme to breach voting systems that hoped to prove Trump's false claims of mass voter fraud in 2020. https://cnn.it/48Qg2oL